Acts 17:33
So Paul went out from among them.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Sic Paulus exivit de medio eorum.
- Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
- οὕτως ὁ Παῦλος ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν·
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily XXXIX on Acts xvii. 32-34. xviii. 1
Acts XVII. 32-34, XVIII. 1 “And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter. So Paul departed from among them. Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.”
St John Chrysostom A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily XXXIX on Acts xvii. 32-34. xviii. 1
(Recapitulation.) “And when they heard,” ( ch. xvii. 32 ) what great and lofty doctrines, they did not even attend, but jeered at the Resurrection! “For the natural man,” it saith, “receiveth not the things of the Spirit.” ( 1 Cor. ii. 14 .) “And so,” it says, “Paul went forth.” ( v. 33 .) How? Having persuaded some; derided by others. “But certain men,” it says, “clave unto him, and believed, among whom was also Dionysius the Areopagite and some others.” ( v. 34 .) “And after these things,” etc. “And having found a certain Jew by name Aquila, of Pontus by birth, lately come from Italy, because that Claudius had ordered all Jews to depart from Rome, he came to them, and because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tent-makers.” ( ch.xviii. 1-3 .) Being of Pontus, this Aquila * * * . …
The Fathers are given as they wrote. Where a passage lays the Passion on the Jewish people, the Church teaches that it cannot be charged against all the Jews then living, nor against the Jews of today, and that all sinners were its authors (CCC 597, 598).